Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Jupiter and Moons

This composite image of Jupiter and the Galilean moons was created using the Epsilon-200 astrograph. I had just finished imaging the moon and, on a whim, decided to see if the scope had enough magnification to pick up any details. Surprisingly, it did. It's nothing spectacular, but I thought it was kinda interesting.

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I am an amateur astronomer living on the edge of the Piney Woods near Huntsville, TX. In addition to my own modest telescopes, I have access to a Takahashi Epsilon-200 that I regularly use for imaging. Most of the images on this blog were taken using either a Canon EOS Rebel XS (1000D) or T3 (1100D) DSLR mounted on the Epsilon-200, but I also image using an inexpensive Orion ShortTube 80 on a Vixen Super Polaris mount.